Definitions for infancy

infancy in·fan·cy

Spelling: [in-fuh n-see]
IPA: /ˈɪn fən si/

Infancy is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 93 anagrams from letters in infancy (acfinny).

Definitions for infancy

noun

  1. the state or period of being an infant; very early childhood, usually the period before being able to walk; babyhood.
  2. the corresponding period in the existence of anything; very early stage:
  3. infants collectively.
  4. Law. the period of life to the age of majority, 21 years at common law but now usually 18; minority; nonage.

Origin of infancy

From the Latin word infantia, dating back to 1485-95. See infant, -cy

Examples for infancy

However, Kuniak is hopeful for the future, stating this type of therapy is still “in its infancy.”

I was a young reporter in the city and covered this controversy in its infancy.

He showed me their power and made me feel it was still but in its infancy.

What then have you done with the sums given you from infancy to squander?

There was no YouTube or social media; the Internet was in its infancy.

Their use was in its infancy, and their character was primitive.

I never, for my part, loved any creature, as I loved you from your infancy till now.

The nuclear metamorphosized giant monster genre was in its infancy when Godzilla was first born.

The infancy of youth, the youth of manhood, the entire past of age.

As for social mobility, Tocqueville wrote at a time when American industry was in its infancy.

Word Value for infancy
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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